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If you want good fried chicken in the South, you need to go further south than the Carolinas. Try south Alabama or south Mississippi. THAT is where you'll find it. Look up Hart's Fried chicken in Mobile. Bet you change your mind.

There are actually a couple of places in Nashville that make really good chicken although the name escapes me. Look up Bizarre Foods America (Nashville episode) and you will find it.

And sorry, but the West coast or the north is not going to outcook a southerner. Not on friend chicken anyhow.

I'd been thinking bout taking a spin over to the Mississippi casinos. Sounds like a place to stop on the way.

Just a guess, but southerners probably make the best fried chicken right at home. Who needs a restaurant when Momma/Grandma's recipe has always sufficed?

This is so true! Southern home cooks are artists when it comes to southern fried chicken. You have to let it drain and fry it at just the right temperature for just the right amount of time. This best down in small batches at home, not in restaurants where quantity and "efficiency" is needed.

If you want good fried chicken in the South, you need to go further south than the Carolinas. Try south Alabama or south Mississippi. THAT is where you'll find it. Look up Hart's Fried chicken in Mobile. Bet you change your mind.

There are actually a couple of places in Nashville that make really good chicken although the name escapes me. Look up Bizarre Foods America (Nashville episode) and you will find it.

And sorry, but the West coast or the north is not going to outcook a southerner. Not on friend chicken anyhow.

Yeah Hart's has been around for as long as I can remember, I'm surprised they have never expanded outside of Mobile. Their peach cobbler is pretty famous too.

I'd be ashamed if I ate fried chicken! Next time you fry up a batch measure how much oil you put into the pan and then measure what is left. Yep ... all that grease was absorbed by your chicken!

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